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03092aam a2200433 i 4500 001 F6559F74D4D211E7967FB26A97128E48 003 SILO 005 20171129010014 008 160831t20172017ctu b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2016952701 020 $a 0300219326 020 $a 9780300219326 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d DLC $d BTCTA $d BDX $d ERASA $d YUS $d NYP $d INU $d OBE $d AJB $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a TL789.8.U5 $b M23 2017 082 04 $a 629.4/0973 $2 23 100 1 $a MacDonald, Alexander C., $e author. 245 14 $a The long space age : $b the economic origins of space exploration from Colonial America to the Cold War / $c Alexander MacDonald. 264 1 $a New Haven : $b Yale University Press, $c [2017] 300 $a xi, 258 pages ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 8 $a An economic historian argues that privately funded space exploration is not a new development, but a trend beginning with the astronomical observatories of the nineteenth century Over the last half-century there has been a rapid expansion in commerce off the surface of our planet. Nations and corporations have placed hundreds of satellites that provide billions of dollars' worth of communications, scientific, global positioning, and commercial services, while construction has been completed on humanity's ninth and largest space station. On the planet itself, government agencies, corporations, and individuals plan for the expansion of economic development to the lunar surface, asteroids, and Mars. The future of space exploration seems likely to include a mix of large government funded missions as well as independent private-sector missions. 'The Long Space Age' examines the economic history of American space exploration and spaceflight, from early astronomical observatories to the International Space Station, and argues that the contemporary rise of private-sector efforts is the re-emergence of a long-run trend not a new phenomenon. 505 0 $a Piety, pioneers, and patriots : rhe First American observatories -- Public spirit and patronage : American observatories -- Spaceflight, millionaires, and national defense : Robert Goddard's fund-raising program -- In the eyes of the world : the signaling value of apace exploration -- The next space patrons. 610 10 $a United States. $b National Aeronautics and Space Administration $x History. 650 0 $a Manned space flight $x Economic aspects. 650 0 $a Astronautics $x Economic aspects. 650 0 $a Astronautics $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Astronautics and civilization. 650 0 $a Space tourism. 650 0 $a Cold War $x Economic aspects $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Outer space $x Economic aspects $x Economic aspects $z United States. 941 $a 3 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210014300.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180403020418.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20171129010236.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F6559F74D4D211E7967FB26A97128E48 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search